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Speoloation ot Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915i To' all whom, it. may concern f Be it known that 1Josnrn M. RossnLo'r, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented' a new and useful Improvement' in Way-Signals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to way signals oftheclass adapted to the use of motor vehicles or for other suitable purposes, and the objects of my improvements are to provide means for indicating in approaching a crossing which direction the driver intends to turnthe vehicle; to provide for electrically operating the lzo direction signals; to provide means for au-A tomatically discontinuing .the signall light when resuming a straight course after the turn has been made; to attach the switch l mechanism for `controlling the light circuit to the steering post where it is easily accessi ble to `the driver, and to providesimple and durable construction and assemblage of the various .parts forsecuring facility of operation and efliciency of action. f

These objects maybe attained in the'folI lowing described manner as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motor car provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a

front elevation of the ysignal box; Fig. 3

a vertical section on the line -a ot Fig. 2; Fig. 4,;a plan of .the signal box with por. tions of the cover. broken away; F1g.,5, a

plan with partsin section of the switch box vand operating mechanism'therein; Fig. 6 a

rearelevation thereof with portions removed and parts in section, andFig. 7 a diagram of the electric circuits.4 f

In thevdrawings, 1 represents the steerin post of a'motor vehicle,2 the steerin whee 3 the hood, and 4 the wind shield, a being constructed andy arranged in the ordinary manner. The signalv box 5 may be in any conspicuous position on the front portion of the vehicle or car. `Said 'box is preferably formed of metal and with compartments 6 .and 7 each having a semi-circular rear wall '8 with an openin 9therein4and with atra'ns'- parent front wa l-10 preferably of ground glass. A sheet-of metal 11 formed with si 7 nal openingsv 12 contacts .with the -msi e of the glass 10 and a translucid lm 13 pref erably colored red, is in ,contact with the inner side ofthemetal sheet 11 by means of'a glass plate 14. Electric lamps 15 66 and 16 secured within the respective com'- pertinents serve to display the correspondmg signal through the front of the box, as shown 1n Fig. 2. The switch box 17 may be secured on the steering post of the vehicle ad] aoent` to the steering'wheel by means of a. clamping screw 18, 'and an arm 19 proylded with a projecting pin` 21 may be ad- ]usta-bly secured onthe hub of the steering wheel 2 as shown in Figs. 5 andy 6. Cylin ders y'2 3 and y24 each formed with any angle 25 on oneside and journaled in the switch box may be turned in an outward direction by means of the respective push buttons 26 and 27 which are pivotally connected to the rank pins 28 on the front end of the cylin- Similar leversy 31 and 32 pivotally connected tov the corresponding crank pins 33 4on the rearend of the cylinders are main tained under a yielding pressure with one end incontact with the corresponding jour' nal 34 by means ofv springs 35. The opposite endy portion of said levers is movable through corresponding slots 36. formed throughI the top wall of the switch box. Contact points 37 and 38 secured on the respective cylinders may be turned therewith 4into and out of contact with the respective Switch points 39 and 41 which are' secured within the said box and between the cylin` to turn by simply depressing the corresponding push botton 26 or 27. If to the left the button 27 turns cylinder 23 with the switch points 38 and 4:1 finto' contact for closing the circuit D and igniting the lamp 16 to illuminate the arrow pointing toward v the left. The curved rearwall ofthe signal box serves to diiuse the light to vshow the signal more evenly through the film covered opening in the .front wall of the box as.l shown by the arrow in Fig. 2. The turning of the cylinder 23 by means of the button 27 carries the lever 32 in an upward and outward ldirection through the corre-y sponding slot 36 and inthe path of the,

- pin 21 on arm 19. Said arm .should be adjusted on the steering wheel with the .pin 21 directly over the center line of the switch course. shown by the illuminated signal, the yielding of the corresponding springwill permit the pin 21 to depress the lever 32vout of its path without turning the cylinder. After the turn is made the movement of the steering wheel for returning the vehicle to the` straight course carries the arm with the pinl 21 into contact with and moves the lever with the cylinder into a similar position to that of the opposite cylinder 24, shown in Fig. 5 whereby the circuit D is broken and llamp 16 put out.` In a similar manner by depressing the button 26 the lamp 15 may be ignited yto illuminate the signal forturning to the right as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In resuming the straight course after making the turn, the pin 21 engages with and moves the lever 31 with the cylinder 21 to the position shown in Fig. 5 Whereby the circuit B is broken and the lamp 15 put out. f p

Having fully described my improvements, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A way signal for motor vehicles comprising a switch box mounted on the steering post, a rotatively adjustable cylinder therein, a push button for turning the cyl- .inder to close the circuit, a lever for turni ing the cylinder in the opposite direction for opening vfthe circuit, and an arm movable with the steering actuating the lever. 4

I 2. A wayV signalfar motor vehicles com- .prismg a slgnal lamp, a1 switchvbox for con' trolllng the electric circuit thereto, a push button for operating -theswitchv within the Wheel for' automatically box to close the circuit, a leverv for actuswitch box mounted at a fixed point, anda lever projected therefrom in the path ofthe arm'when the switch in the box is operated to close the circuit.

4. In a motor vehicle, thecombination of a battery, a lamp in circuit therewith, .an arm adjustably secured on the steering wheel, a switch lever movable into the path of the arm with theclosing of the circuit,

yieldingconnections with the lever to permit the passage of the arm'thereover in one direction, and a stop for engaging the lever with the arm in its movement in the other direction for automatically opening the circuit.

J. M. ROSSELO-T. Witnesses EDWARD C. LOVETT,

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